The Job

I'm going to write a little about my job. I am the Project Coordinator for a project being built on Maui. I should be here for three years. We will construct two condo towers with 84 townhouses spread around the towers. If you want more detailed information about the project you can visit this website: http://www.honuakai.com/
I was originally hired for the North Tower which should start in a month or so. Until then I am getting my feet wet by helping out on the South Tower which began construction last September. On Friday I went on a site walk of the ST. You can find pictures of that walk here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Dave.G.Burke/JobSite
I am really enjoying work. My co-workers are great. I may blog about them in the future. I enjoy the work as well. I am really learning a lot about the project. I also visited a model apartment (used as a selling tool - like a model home) and loved it. I will go back and take pictures to post.
I feel that I should also include some "hilarious mishaps". This week I cut my foot on a rock in the ocean. It wasn't that bad. More painful was when a bug flew into my eye. It got stuck under my lower eyelid and either bit or stung me. By the time I got it out it was already dead, which was sad because I wanted to kill it. It didn't really affect my vision or anything. It just really hurt. Stupid bug.

Arrival

For those of you who don't know, I graduated from BYU in April. I interviewed with and was hired by a company called Ledcor. I will be their project coordinator working on a project building two ten-story condo towers and 84 townhouses. We join our hero a couple of days after arrival.
Well, I'm here in Maui. It was not a smooth ride. I missed my connecting flight, the airline lost my bags and the electricity wasn't turned on when I got to my apartment. The next morning I locked myself out of my apartment and had to wait a couple of hours for the day manager to arrive. Luckily I live within walking distance from a beach. Once I got back into my apartment I was able to straighten everything out.
My apartment is ok. It is a one bedroom with a nice balcony. However, it was decorated by a woman, for a woman. She really liked the color purple. I shipped my camera cord, so I may not be able to post pictures for 3-4 weeks.
The location of my apartment is perfect. As I mentioned, I can walk to the beach in two minutes. There is a farmer's market at about the same distance. I could (but I haven't) walk to work in about 15 minutes. My job site is on a really nice beach and I have gone swimming after work every day so far.
I am really enjoying work. On Friday I will have a tour of the project so I will take pictures and write a blog about my job then.